OECD/NEA Data Bank

Computer Program Service (CPS) E-Newsletter

No. 35, December 2007

Reminder:
Requests for computer codes acquired from RSICC under the new
co-operative arrangement (signed on 10 April, 2006) have to undergo an
additional screening procedure. End-users need to fill in FORMS in order to
obtain a single user/single site license for using such codes. If
you have already downloaded these forms, please note that the
instructions have been updated.

Integral Experiments Data for Model
and Code Validation:

The 2007 edition of the International Criticality Safety
Benchmark Evaluation Project (ICSBEP)
has been released in
September 2007. It contains now experimental data for over 4092
critical
configurations. Access
to request a copy.

The International Fuel Performance Experiments Database (IFPE)
contains 1209 cases
(November 2007). Since then new experiments were released in particular
relative to MOX fuels which are in process of being compiled and
evaluated. They shall be integrated into IFPE during 2008.

The second edition of the International Handbook of
Evaluated Reactor Physics Benchmark Experiments Handbook (IRPhE) was published in March 2007 and
contains reactor physics benchmark specifications that have been
derived from experiments that were performed at various nuclear
experimental facilities around the world. The third edition, including
new evaluations, is scheduled for March 2008.

Prof. Jeffery Lewins has recently released the following
two legacy books:

Importance: The Adjoint Function : The Physical Basis of
Variational and Perturbation Theory in Transport and Diffusion Problems.

Nuclear Reactor Kinetics and Control

These will be available in the near future on CD-ROM.

Workshops, training courses &
tutorials planned for 2008:

30 January - 1 February 2008

Course on "Analytical Benchmarks:
Case Studies in Neutron Transport
Theory" using the Handbook
(including computer codes) to be published on "Analytical Benchmarks
for Nuclear Engineering Applications (Case Studies in Neutron Transport
Theory)". This course is intended for transport methods developers and
those who teach
reactor physics and transport theory. In addition, the course would be
appropriate for anyone with an analytical interest in solving equations
and the application of numerical methods to obtain extreme accuracy
(Registration now closed).
Teacher: Prof. Barry D. Ganapol.

7-11
April 2008
A training course on the Monte Carlo
computer code
TRIPOLI-4 will be held at OECD/NEA
Headquarters. TRIPOLI-4
Course Programmme. The new version that is being released contains
cross
section libraries from the latest evaluations. It contains also an
interactive pre-processor for preparing of geometries. Registration Form.

19-23 May 2008 GEANT4 (a
toolkit for the simulation of the passage of particles
through matter) workshop organised at ORNL by the RSICC
(Radiation Shielding Information Computational Center) in co-operation
with the NEA Data Bank. Programmme,
schedule and additional information.